Khaneshan
Village in West Azerbaijan province, Iran
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Khaneshan (Persian: خانشان, romanized: Khān-e Shān;[3] Syriac: Ḥānīshān)[4][a] is a village in Tala Tappeh Rural District of Nazlu District in Urmia County, West Azerbaijan province, Iran.[6]
Khaneshan
خانشان | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Khaneshan Location within Iran | |
| Coordinates: 37°45′40″N 45°11′06″E[1] | |
| Country | Iran |
| Province | West Azerbaijan |
| County | Urmia |
| District | Nazlu |
| Rural District | Tala Tappeh |
| Population (2016)[2] | |
• Total | 295 |
| Time zone | UTC+3:30 (IRST) |
History
In 1862, Khaneshan with Sopurghan had a combined population of 172 Church of the East families and was served by two priests and the Church of Mār Giwārgīs.[7] Khaneshan was made part of the new Church of the East diocese of Sopurghan in 1874.[4] There were 40 Church of the East families at Khaneshan in 1877 with no priests or churches.[8] The village had a mixed population of Christians and Muslims prior to the First World War, according to the list prepared by Basil Nikitin, the Russian consul at Urmia.[9] Prior to the First World War, there were 150 Assyrian houses at Khaneshan, as per the list presented by Agha Petros to the Lausanne Peace Conference in 1922.[10] It was located in the Anzel district.[7] Amidst the Sayfo, the village's Christian population, then consisting of 50 Armenian and Assyrian households, was slaughtered by Turks with no survivors.[11]
